Salicornia pacifica, also known as pickleweed, sea asparagus,[1] Pacific swampfire, or glasswort, is a species of low-growing perennial succulent halophyte in the genus Salicornia found in the Pacific coast of North America and California.

The species is native to salt marshes and alkaline soils throughout coastal California.

When the saltwater is taken up, the salt is removed and stored in specialized vacuoles in the terminal segments.

As the vacuoles become full of brine, they turn red and drop off the plant, removing the salt.

[4] It is also an important food source for the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse.